Discharging device



Nov. 12, 1935. o. E. PETERS 2,020,798

DISCHARGING DEVICE Filed March 24, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Nov. 12, 1935. o, E, PETERS 2,020,798

DISCHARGING DEVICE Filed March 24, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor:

Patented Nov. I2, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE March 24, 1933 1 Claim,- (01. 221-23) This inv ntion relates to a discharging device for iron and wooden barrels in the form of a hung, and has for its object to simplify the handling of barrels to be emptied while excluding all risks and to insure easy and secure connection of the device with the bung hole.

The discharging bung according to the invention is intended for barrels or barrel-like containers, in which the bung hole for emptying the barrels or containers is provided in the outer surface or jacket thereof.

Discharging devices for such barrels or barrellike containers are already known and consist of short snouts which have to be attached in a very bothersome manner to the surface of the container at'the bung hole through which the contents are discharged.

With these known devices discharging is quite diflicult, since considerable effort is required for tilting or rollingthe barrels or containers which usually weigh many hundreds of pounds when filled about their longitudinal axis. This work requires, as a rule, the services of at least two men, who can roll the barrel only intermittently and not gradually and continuously about its longitudinal' axis, though that is the way it should be handled. This is due to the fact that with existing devices, barrels can be emptied only by applying force to the rims thereof, and that the ef- ,fective leverage, considering the great weights involved, is too short and thus necessitates a considerable expenditure of force.

For facilitating the emptying, tilting and rolling of barrels the invention aims at providing sufficient leverage which will allow tilting by hand without effort, and this object is attained by fit-- ting the bung with a long handle extending radially, or approximately so, from the circumference of the barrel and constructed in the form of a pipe if necessary to supply air to the inside of the barrel. A further feature of the invention is that the handle is exchangeable or can be rendered exchangeablto employ it as a lever when the discharging bung is screwed in.

Byway of example, the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings showing several embodiments thereof.

Figure 1 is a front view of a discharging bung attached to a barrel with the handle arranged so as to provide effective leverage during screwing.

Fig. 2 is a cross section of Fig. 1, the position of the handle being altered so that the latter projects from the surface of the barrel to act as discharging leverby facilitating tilting.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the discharging bung on a larger scale, with the handle in the position shown in Fig. 2, and shows also how the bung can be shut off from the inside of the barrel.

Fig. 4 is a side view of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 shows another type of bung applied to 5 an iron barrel.

Fig. 6 shows the discharging bung according to Fig. 5 on a larger scale, and

Fig. 7 shows how the bung is fastened to a wooden-barrel like a screw-clamp.

Referring to the drawings, the barrel 1 is inserted in the usual manner in the rollers 2 to facilitate tilting and rolling. The discharging mouthpiece 3 terminating in the spout 3 is intended for iron barrels and therefore fitted with the thread 4 which can be screwed into the bung hole of the barrel I. The mouthpiece 3 has a boss' 5 provided with horizontal intercrossing perforations 6, 1 into one of which the handle 8 is inserted and clamped by the screw 9. The handle 8 can thus be readily adapted to requirements, as indicated by Figs; 1 and 2.

The discharge opening is perfectly exposed after attachment of the bung. To prevent evap' oration of the contents of the barrel, the opening provided in the discharge bung can be'readily closed by a wooden stopper ID or the like. Instead of simply using a stopper II! it is of course possible to provide the snout with a cover hinged to the upper rim of the snout. 0n the back of the cover a bent laminated'spring may be pro- I vided to clamp the turned up cover to the handle 8. This construction is shown in Fig. 4. To insure absolutely reliable cutting off, a plug cook as in Fig. 6 or a slide cock as in Fig. 7 can be employed.

As Fig. 7 shows, if the bung is to be used for wooden barrels, the screw thread can be dispensed with and the bung provided with, and brought into proper position by, the bent portion 40 8" of the outwardly extending handle 8, which passes through the bung hole and hugs the inner face of the barrel, whereupon it is tightened by the fly nut l4 and firmly connected with the surface of the barrel from without by means of the lever l6 disposed in the carrier l5 and by the screw H. The elastic layer l3 serves to insure good packing.

The constructions shown in Figs. 5 and 6 differ from that shown in Figs. 1 to 4 in so far as the discharging device has the form of a pipe connection I I which can be closed by a screw cap 12. The handle 8 can be rendered interchangeable as in the embodiments shown in Figs. 1 to 4 and also transversely adjustable if necessary, in

which case'the connection I I has a boss 5. This. however, is not absolutely required, since the form resembling a pipe connection or socket ll ofiers better means for tightening when screwing in. An important feature oi! this construction is that the handle 8 is a pipe and extends into a pipe member 8 capable of projecting into the inside of the barrel (Fig. 5).

This construction which permits access oi! air during discharging insures an absolutely steady outflow free from bubbling. 4

The bung just described may be used also for wooden barrels, in which case the same provisions are made as described above. It is further posgsible to connect special cores with the bung hole and to screw the bungs into the cores.

I claim:- a A dispensing device for use with a container having an orifice in its side wall, comprising, in 5 combination, a detachable spout with an apertured projection oflset from the discharge opening through said spout, and a handle member insertable in the aperture in said projection for rigid attachment therewith and extending radial- 1o 1y from the container over and beyond the spout to facilitate tipping or rolling the container for discharging the contents thereof.

OSKAR ERICH PETERS. 

